#E2D461#E2D461

#E2D461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.136 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D461
RGB	rgb(226, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.03, -9.35, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.03, 58.26, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0293 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.136 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0672, 64.1209, 20.6775)
Luminance	0.6412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D461 #616FE2

analogous

#E29361 #E2D461 #B0E261

triadic

#E2D461 #61E2D4 #D461E2

tetradic

#E2D461 #61E293 #616FE2 #E261B0

square

#E2D461 #61E293 #616FE2 #E261B0

split-complementary

#E2D461 #61B0E2 #9361E2

monochromatic

#A99A1F #D9C62D #E2D461 #EBE295 #F5F0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E2D461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#E2D461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D461

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D461	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.136 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee192',
    500: '#e2d461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d461;
$custom-light: #eee192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8591,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D461

secondary

#3C48AB

accent

#29D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D461

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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